May 6th - Birthplace of Gladstone

General Election day, so I felt a trip to the birthplace of Prime Minister Gladstone was appropriate. This grand house in Rodney Street (Liverpool's version of Harley Street) gives some insight into Gladstone's not so humble beginnings. However, an ornate stone plaque next to the front door is all that remains to indicate he was ever there. William Ewart Gladstone was son of a wealthy Liverpool merchant and was educated out of the city at Eton and Oxford. Gladstone was four times Liberal Prime Minister of Britain and a prominent figure in Victorian politics. He campaigned on a wide range of issues, most notably home rule for Ireland (but not, to my wife's annoyance, the Women's Suffrage Movement...)